eurekapd Chapter 236: Strange
Chapter 236: Strange
Ruan Xihe thought for a moment, glanced around the city, and said, "The mission is difficult. Let's find an inn first and make a long-term plan."
The group walked forward, observing their surroundings as they walked, taking in the environment while looking for an inn.
Suddenly, a boy about eight or nine years old walked out of the alley beside the road.
The boy's clothes were extremely dirty and torn, and his face was covered in stains, but that still couldn't hide his captivating, bright black eyes.
After seeing Ruan Xihe and his group, the young man's eyes lit up and he trotted over.
"Are you... newcomers to Qingcheng? What do you want to know? Wherever you want to go, you can ask me!"
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.
Especially in a place like this.
The group took a step back and stared at the boy warily.
Ruan Xihe did not retreat. She looked at the boy, bent down and smiled, "What do you want in return?"
"Little junior sister!"
Hearing her words, a senior sister behind her was startled, tugged at her sleeve, and whispered in her ear, "This young man came in a strange way, be careful he has other intentions."
The young man obviously heard this. He twisted his hands together nervously, his face full of grievance and anxiety.
Ruan Xihe turned around and gave a reassuring look to the people behind him.
Xiao Yin and Jimo Qianyi understood immediately. What she meant was that even if the young man was dangerous, it was better to keep him in front of them than to let him lurk in the dark.
Ruan Xihe looked at the boy again, "It's okay, go ahead."
Hearing this, the young man timidly raised his head and pointed to the bun shop not far away.
"I haven't eaten for a long time. I want to buy some buns."
Ruan Xihe was startled, then he took out a low-grade spirit stone from the space and placed it in the young man's palm.
Ordinary food can be bought with gold coins. One low-grade spirit stone is equal to one thousand gold coins, which is more than enough to buy buns.
The young man looked obviously delighted, then turned around and ran towards the bun shop.
The moment he turned around, a black mark appeared on his ankle, which flashed away and then disappeared again under his trouser leg.
Ruan Xihe narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought.
Not long after, the young man came to her carrying a big bag of meat buns. He returned the several hundred gold coins he had found to Ruan Xihe, and then handed the meat buns forward.
"I bought a lot, do you want to eat some?"
As expected, no one said anything.
"You eat, we're not hungry." Ruan Xihe smiled, and then she asked, "Can you take us to find an inn?"
The boy nodded and pointed to a corner, "I know there is an inn over there, follow me."
After saying that, the boy walked in front of the team, took out a bun and started eating.
Ruan Xihe and the young man parallel.
At this time, she asked casually, "Has anything strange happened in the city recently?"
Hearing this, the young man turned his head and looked at her. His black eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts and reach the depths of their souls.
He said bluntly: "You are here to investigate the mummies and human skins, right?"
"Yeah." Ruan Xihe did not deny it.
The young man swallowed the bun in his mouth and continued, "Twenty days ago, ten mummies were found on West Street in the city. Fifteen days ago, five mummies and a human skin appeared on East Street. Ten days ago, there were ten mummies and two human skins on North Street. Three days ago, there were seven mummies on South Street."
"Ten days ago, some people like you, wearing the same uniform, began to appear in the city. They came to investigate the matter, but later I don't know where they went. I haven't seen them since."
Ruan Xihe glanced back.
Except for these few new students, all the seniors wore the same school uniform.
The clothes are moon-white in color and look light and airy, but the logos on the chests of these clothes are different, and each branch has a different logo.
According to regulations, they will be given college uniforms after they are divided into different houses.
As for the people the young man was talking about, Ruan Xihe guessed that they should be from other sects or schools.
The boy led them into an alley. The alley was long but not too winding. They could see the main road leading directly to the opposite side.
At this time, a group of people in blue clothes, about five of them, walked in from the other end of the alley.
This group of people were obviously from a certain sect, but Ruan Xihe didn't know much about them, so he couldn't recognize which sect they belonged to.
Because the alley is not wide and the road is relatively narrow.
So when the two sides met in the alley, the five men looked arrogant and had no intention of giving way.
Xiao Yin frowned, "Which sect is this? So arrogant?"
Jimo Qianyi did not hide the disdain on his face, "It's the Crazy Alliance. They act without regard for the consequences and are always tyrannical."
One of the senior sisters said indignantly: "I heard that some time ago, the Crazy Alliance had another powerful Spiritual Saint. No wonder they don't take the Southern Academy seriously today. They are so powerful."
Spirit Saint is the highest level of cultivation in the Nanzhou continent. Even Hu Lai, who has the highest level of cultivation in Nanzhan College, is only at the fifth level of Spirit Saint.
The Crazy Alliance does have the capital to be tyrannical.
"Tsk!"
The man from the Crazy Alliance who was walking in the front clicked his tongue.
Perhaps they had something urgent to do, or perhaps they did not want to have a direct conflict with Nanzhan College. They did not say a word and forcefully occupied the middle of the alley.
They forced their way between Ruan Xihe and the young man, pushing the Nanzhan College team against the walls on both sides.
This was true for all five of them.
And because the last man among the five was broad and fat, he swung his arms wide when he passed through, and not only bumped into Ruan Xihe's shoulder, but also bumped into the boy's arm, knocking the half-eaten bun in his hand to the ground.
The bun rolled to the boy's feet, covered with thick mud.
The young man narrowed his eyes slightly, and his pupils hidden under his messy hair emitted a dangerous dark light and murderous intent, but then he covered them again and returned to his previous timid appearance.
Ruan Xihe said nothing, but reached out and grabbed the fat boy's shoulder.
Then she exerted force and threw the fat boy over her shoulder with one hand, slamming him hard onto the lime floor in front of her.
"boom--"
Dust and smoke rose up, and the fat man's body was embedded in the road in a strange posture.
The four people from the Crazy Alliance who left first heard the sound and turned back, and saw this scene.
They didn't expect that someone would dare to attack them!
"Let's go." Ruan Xihe said coldly.
After saying that, she raised her foot, stepped on the fat man, and walked over him.
After everyone had left, the four members of the Crazy Alliance pulled the fat man out from the road.
"Let's go, let's get down to business first!" The leading man glared fiercely at the direction where Ruan Xihe and his group left, "Nanzhan College, I won't let them go!"